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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8817655" data-attributes="member: 93670">No more flatfooted AC.  A downed rogue benefits from their full dex bonus, full armor bonus, possible shield bonus or whatever, possible dodge.  Failing all of that the rogue can enjoy healing word healing light hp LoH cure wounds heal kit etc before it pulls the trigger on attack->cunning action disengage.The rogue can do all of that because...Combined with  excessive ease of healing a downed PC as noted above ensures that this is an extremely high bar to meet without a "rocks fall" type encounter.before this comes into playJust in case a party didn't connect all of those blindingly obvious dots the same pg197 in the phb where they are all spelled out closes on this noteIn order for there to be a serious risk monsters need the ability to gain the ability to reliably hit PC ACs  that they currently lack due to Bounded Accuracy.  If the monsters had the tohit needed to reliably hit the PCs it wasn't that 28hp average that really cinched it because death saves & healing ensure that the monsters need to do it back to back to back before the target PC can get "any" healing to reset the situation to monsters needing to get back to back to back attacks that drop>fail 2 death saves>fail the last death saves.  If the monster is able to reliably hit a PC it probably also has no issue slaughtering one instantly with almost guaranteed death by massive damage or presents a similarly impossible encounter.</blockquote>

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